Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MENDLESHAM

MENDLESHAM, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Hartismere district, Suffolk. The village stands on clay soil, 3½ miles SE of Finningham r. station, and 5 NW by W of Debenham; consists of two streets, indifferently built; was once a market-town; and has a post office under Stoneham, a police station, and a fair on 2 O ct. The parish contains also the hamlet of Mendlesham-Green, distant about 1½ mile from the village. Acres, 3,944. Real property, £7,513. Pop. in 1851, 1,442; in 1861,1,316. Houses, 293. The property is snbdivided. The manor belongs to Tyrell, Esq. A silver crown, weighing 60 ounces, and supposed to have belonged to a king of East Anglia, was exhumed about the end of the 17th century. A runic gold ring also was found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, 1584.* Patron, E. White, Esq. The church was given by William Rufus to Battle abbey; includes some Norman arches; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with lofty tower; and was restored in 1864-6. There are chapels for Independents and Baptists, a national school, an endowed grammar school with £40 a year, and charities £290.—The sub-district contains also ten other parishes. Acres, 20,092. Pop., 5,830. Houses, 1,271.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Mendlesham CP/AP       Mendlesham SubD       Hartismere RegD/PLU       Suffolk AncC
Place: Mendlesham

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